How Desperate are you to Ride?

Submitted by Unit on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 1:39pm.

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For any of you who have ridden Edgewood, you know that there is a stream crossing at the beginning of the trail...the worst I have ever seen it was about 2 feet deep and 4 feet wide. This is how it looked today.

Not much to reference here, but the water is probably about 5 feet deep in the worst spot, and was moving at a GOOD clip. I think it was about 25 feet wide here.

So, I had to ask myself how bad do I want to ride? I rode about 2 miles on the road in the pouring rain to get to this point....after a week of stress, rain, and lousy weather would you turn around and go back, or get wetter?

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nice write-up

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 3:20pm.

sometimes you got to go the extra mile to get what you want. it's a nice write-up on making lemonade out of lemons. hope the weather improves real quick for you so you can get out and work on your tan.

be real and be real good

Thanks

Submitted by Unit on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 4:50pm.

Not sure about getting a tan...I just want to enjoy the challenges.

Three things that are important to me when riding MTB (in order):
1. Things that I can clean easily
2. Things that are challenging and difficult, and most importantly,
3. Things that seem impossible, but someday, someone...may be me, will clean without dabbing.

Water rescue

Submitted by Mark EWERS on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 6:45pm.

Glad you made it through OK. I would probably have turned around and headed home at the sight of the water rushing by. Seeing all that water and thinking about crossing my mind would have been playing tonights CNN Headline News video from a local news helicopter capturing the rescue of some old guy who refused to let go of his bike as he was hoisted aloft.

Great shots, man. Good riding too.

Mark Ewers
I may not be fast, but I'm 2 old 2 go slow

always wanted to ride in a chopper...

Submitted by Unit on Sat, 04/14/2007 - 7:09pm.

I really had no fear of problems since I portaged on foot (hoisting my steed onto my shoulder), but there were times when the thought crossed my mind of what could have happened if I had tried to ride it. There were all sorts of stray logs and such under there. No real danger (probably), but getting doused head to toe would have been less fun.

If you look at the photos closely, you can tell that the water was about a foot higher before I got there (note the debris caught in the trees).

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